Ian Allison

Ian Allison is a senior reporter at CoinDesk, focused on institutional and enterprise adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Prior to that, he covered fintech for the International Business Times in London and Newsweek online. He won the State Street Data and Innovation journalist of the year award in 2017, and was runner up the following year. He also earned CoinDesk an honourable mention in the 2020 SABEW Best in Business awards. His November 2022 FTX scoop, which brought down the exchange and its boss Sam Bankman-Fried, won a Polk award, Loeb award and New York Press Club award. Ian graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He holds ETH.

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Finance

NEAR Foundation Appoints Ex-Circle Exec Marieke Flament as CEO

The a16z-backed blockchain recently announced an $800 million grants program in a bid to attract more builders.

A Near sign in Lisbon, Portugal (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Finance

Customers Bank Updates Logo, Details CBIT Token in Push for Crypto Clients

The small U.S. bank has given its image a digital revamp in line with a new focus.

Customers Bank is ditching its current logo in favor of something more tech-forward. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Celsius’ Chief Revenue Officer Launched a Business With a Convicted Money Launderer: Report

Revelations about Roni Cohen-Pavon follow the arrest of Yaron Shalem, the crypto lender’s CFO, last month.

laundry, washing machines

Finance

Crypto Firms Get a Slap From UK Advertising Regulator Over Misleading Ads

Among the promotions cited by the ASA was Papa John’s, which said it was commemorating bitcoin’s pizza connection going back to May 2010.

Coinbase ad on London Underground (Tube). August 2021. (Sheldon Reback/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Anchorage Raises $350M Funding at $3B Valuation

The Series D funding round was led by global investment firm KKR and included Goldman Sachs, Alameda Research and Andreessen Horowitz.

Anchorage co-founders Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley (Anchorage)

Finance

AccuWeather Taps Chainlink to Explore Crop Insurance and More

Crop insurance in underserved countries is a big use case, said AccuWeather’s Matt Vitebsky.

A Formula One team's computer screens displaying weather radar readings at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, on Oct. 9, 2010. (Photo by Darren Heath/Getty Images)

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Institutional Bitcoin Broker NYDIG Valued at $7B in Whopping $1B Funding Round

WestCap is leading what appears to be the largest funding round in crypto history.

(Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Finance

Avalanche Adds USDC Stablecoin in Continued DeFi Push

The speedy Ethereum rival hopes native USDC will be a boon to users.

Avalanche Blockchain 'Bug' Wreaks Havoc on Digital Transactions

Finance

Wells Fargo, HSBC to Settle Forex Transactions Using Blockchain

The banking giants will use a blockchain product to settle U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, pound and euro transactions.

Wells Fargo (Shutterstock)

Finance

Router Protocol Raises $4.1M to Bridge EVM and Non-EVM Chains

“The need of the hour is the ability for these to talk to each other,” said CEO Ramani Ramachandran.

(Tien Vu Ngoc/Unsplash)